QUESTION

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Environment & Ecology

Prelims 2012

Vultures which used to be very common in the Indian countryside some years ago are rarely seen nowadays. This is attributed to

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Explanation

The decline in vulture populations in India is primarily attributed to a drug used by cattle owners for treating their diseased cattle.

The drug referred to here is diclofenac, which was commonly used to treat cattle but caused kidney failure in vultures that consumed the carcasses of treated animals. This led to a catastrophic decline in vulture populations across the Indian subcontinent.

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